Utensil-cover.



H. E. HOLMES.

UTENSIL COVER.

ArPLwA'nox nun) run, 1911.

1,025,090. Patented Apr. 30. 1912.

11071267 flalmea.

HOMER E. HOLMES, OF BURLINGTON, VERMONT.

UTENSIL-COVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 30, 1912.

Application filed February 7, 1911. Serial No. 607,016.

To all whom it mu?! concern Be it kn I "n that I, IIOMER E. HOLMES,

a citizen o. the United States, residing at Burlington, in the county of Chittenden and State of Vermont, have invented new and useful Improvements in Covers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in covers for utensils and the primary object of the invention is to proiide a device of this class which may be readily adjusted to \'E'S.\0lS of various sizes, and which may be easily and eliectively sustained upon the said Vessel.

Another object of the invention is to pro ride a device of this class constructed of a single piece of suitable flexible material, such as galvanized iron or the like, the same con'iprising a disk having a. radial slit, one of the surfaces adjacent the said slitted portion adapted to be fitted over the second portion so that the two slitted portions upon rotation will be brought to the fornrof a cone, means being provided for retaining the said members in an adjusted position so as to render the device susceptible to various sizes of utensils.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a device of this class which, when inverted serve as a colander 0r strainer for veg-t ullts or the like when the same is removed from the vessel, normally closed by the cover.

\Vith the above and other objects in view which will be apparent as the description progresses, the invention resides in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing the satne in applied position upon the vessel. Fig. 2 is a. top plan view of the device when the latter is in. its spread or flattened position. Fig. 3 is a sectional view upon the line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

In the accompanying drawings, the nu mere] 1 designates the improved cover This cover 1 is constructed of a single piece of suitable flexible material, the same being u the shape of a disk as clearly illustrated in Fig. 52. The disk is provided with 2-. central opening 2, and the metal of the disk is slitted from the said opening to Utensilits periphery so as to provide What may be termed an oierlying edge or portion 3 and an underlying edge or portion 4; The portion 3 has pivotally mounted thereon an arcuale strap 5, the same being formedwith a slot. (5, also of an arcuate formation, while the member 4 is provided with an upstanding threaded pin 7, which projects through the slot (3 and which has its threaded portion provided with a winged nut 8. B this arrangenient it will be noted that; the overlying portion radially spread from the underlying portion 4 so as to bring the disk to the formation of a cone and at the same time contract the said disk to render the same susceptible to adjustment for use ous sizes of vessels.

The winged nut. 8, contacting the strap 5, will of course, sustain the disk in its adjusted position. and the said disk may, if desired, he provided with a handle 9. It. will be noted by reference to the figures of the drawin; that the strap 5 has its free extremity provided with an oft-set. portion formediw ith a linger, the same being arranged adjacent the substantially U-shaped handle 9. u this construction it will. be noted that by exerting a pressure upon the finger and toward the handle 9 the overlying portion 3 of the cover may be drawn over the portion 4 by one hand of the operator, the second hand of the operator being employed to tighten the thumb nut 8 upon the pin 7 to secure the said portions 3 and 4 in a proper adjr -d position. It will of course be llIldEISiI that the arc of travel of the strap 5 upon the thraaded pin 7 varies as the disk is contracted or expanded, and for this reason it'is essential that the said strap be pivoted so that it can assume different angles Without being contacted or stopped by the piuor binding against the pin as the said sections 3 and 4 are expanded or contracted.

From the above description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages as well as the sim 'ilicity of the device will, it. is thought, be apparent to'those skilled in the art to which the in- Wantion appertains and while I have described the device as a closure or cover for vessels, it is to he understood that the same may be employed for various other i 3 of theclosure may underlying purposes, as fort,

instance, a number ol disks may be p0si j tinned within a vessel. one above the other so as to provide a plurality o compartments wherein edibles of difierent natures may all be cooked at one time, the. steam from one of the compartments passing through the central opening or through the over ying edges of ione of the disks into the upper com artments, and it is to be further understoo that while I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of the improvement, changes in the minor details of construction within the scope of, the appended claims may be made if desired.

Having thus fully described the invention, What I c aim as new, 'is

1. A cover for the urpose set forth, com prising a flexible dis said diskbeing centrally provided w'nh an opening slitted from said opening to the edge of the disk, one of the portions of the disk provided by the said slit adapted to, overlie the'second portion, the said overlying portion being provided with a, pivoted strap, and means provided upon t e underlying portion of the disk for securing the strapto retain the disk either in a contracted or expanded position.

- disk whereby 2. A cover of the class described comprising a flexible disk, said disk being centrall provided with an opening and being slitte from the said opening to the edge of the one of the portions adjacent the said slit may be permitted to overlie the second portion, an arcuate strap pivotally connected with the overlying (portion, the said strap having one of lts en 8 upturned, a handle upon the disk adjacent the upturned end of the strap, the saidstrap beinghfurther provided with an arcuate slot, a t readed pin upon the underlying portion adapted to pass through the slot, an a.t-humb nut for thesaid pin and adapted to contact the stra to sustain the underlying portion in an a just/ed position with relation 0 the overlying portion.

In testimon whereof I aflix my signature in presence 0 two witnesses.

HOMER E. HOLMES.

Witnesses:

Jno. P. LABEL, W. F. ROWELL. 

